Christian Campigli October 16, 2023
A controversy that lasted twenty-five endless years. Closed (finally) by the position of the Supreme Council for Cultural Heritage: the project to redesign the exit of the Uffizi Gallery in Florencedesigned by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, that will not happen. A decision that literally enraged the mayor Dario Nardella. “Florence is the city of great architects, from Brunelleschi to Michelucci to the architects of more recent times: it is impossible that Florence is not able to attribute works awarded in international competitions to great contemporary architects. Other cities do it: London does it, Paris does it, Milan does it, it’s not clear why Florence shouldn’t do it. With the cancellation of the Isozaki project, one of the greatest architects in the world, Florence makes an international impression. And that’s why it’s always worse to have to put a patch on it international fool than to complete projects.”
The Democratic representative said he was very disappointed. And he pointed the finger at the executive he led Giorgia Meloni. “I have no power to disagree with the decision Government, but I am free to argue against it, because the fact that Florence does not create a work for our city by one of the world’s greatest architects like Isozaki is a disgrace. We should also understand how much all this cost, I haven’t figured it out yet. The answer from the Undersecretary of State for Culture is ready Vittorio Sgarbi. “Nardella is wrong. It would have been stupid to do that. Today some formalist and bureaucrat seems disturbed. Tomorrow and forever, your Florence, our Florence, would have to suffer, not today, but for centuries to come shame, or fool, such blatant violence against its historic center. You have therefore saved yourself from being remembered as: Nardella, the mayor of Shelter. Yes, this is a perpetual fool.
The Fdi Senator also spoke on this topic: Paolo Marcheschi. “The mayor of Florence really deserves an award for his audacity. Because of him, we found ourselves in an embarrassment like no other in the EU after he claimed to be using PNRR funds for renovation.” Artemio Franchi Stadium. Today he obviously doesn’t know who to turn to. After twenty years of left-wing governments in which they were unable to achieve anything, they only know how to blame the Meloni government, which has been in power for a year.”